CVE-2019-3786
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCloud Foundry BOSH Backup and Restore CLI, all versions prior to 1.5.0, does not check the authenticity of backup scripts in BOSH. A remote authenticated malicious user can modify the metadata file of a Bosh Backup and Restore job to request extra backup files from different jobs upon restore. The exploited hooks in this metadata script were only maintained in the cfcr-etcd-release, so clusters deployed with the BBR job for etcd in this release are vulnerable.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe BOSH Backup and Restore CLI versions prior to 1.5.0 lack authenticity checks on backup scripts, allowing an authenticated remote attacker to modify metadata files and request arbitrary backup files from different jobs during restore operations. This vulnerability is specific to deployments using the cfcr-etcd-release with the BBR job for etcd.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 1.5.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Determine installed BBR CLI versionRun 'bbr --version' or 'bbr version' from the command line to retrieve the BOSH Backup and Restore CLI version numberAffected if Version is less than 1.5.0
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Confirm cfcr-etcd-release is deployedQuery your BOSH director for deployed releases using 'bosh -e <environment> releases' and check if cfcr-etcd-release appears in the outputAffected if cfcr-etcd-release is present in the deployment
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Identify BBR jobs for etcdRun 'bosh -e <environment> instances --details' or inspect the deployment manifest to locate jobs named 'etcd' with BBR backup scripts configuredAffected if An etcd job with BBR backup capability is configured
You are affected if your BBR CLI version is below 1.5.0 AND you have cfcr-etcd-release deployed with a BBR job for etcd
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data1.5.0
Upgrade BBR CLI to version 1.5.0 or later, which implements proper authenticity verification for backup scripts. Organizations using cfcr-etcd-release should prioritize this upgrade as the vulnerability only affects that specific release component.
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